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6 Pages with 12-Pagre Supplement In order for our employment to enjoy the Christmas hoKdays at home, this issue carries only six pages with a 12-page National Scene Family News Supplement. May the coming year bring you prosperity and good health, and may we continue to serve you in 1973. VOL. 52 NO. 1 NCCU Law Group Proposes New Landlord-Tenant Measures A group of North Carolina Central University Law School law students and law professors has prepared amendments to the proposed Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and submitted the proposal at a meeting of North Carolina real tors, legislators and tenants' re presentatives on Decrmber 16. The proposal was submitted at a Landlord-Tenant Workshop held at Shaw University. Ap proximately 300 persona at tended the Workshop. Keynote speaker for the meeting was Jesse Gray, Presi Shirley Chisholm Among Ten Most Admired Women For 72 Representative Shirley Chi sholm of New York was today named among the top ten win ners in the Good Housekeeping annual poll of the world's 10 moat admired woman. I fl hr Kl 1 m ■ .. H mum mpi^ SHIRLEY CHISHOLM Mrs. Coretta King was ranked among the ruriners-up tn the survey which appears in the January issue of the magazine. Citing Rep. Chishoim for her commitment to women's C. A. Young, Arfisl Presents One-Man Exhibit in Washington Charles A. (Chuck) Young is. exhibiting his paintings in a one-man show at AGRA Gal lery, 1721 DeSales St., N'W. Washington, D.C. running from December 17 through January 5, 1973. A preview was sche duled from 3 - 6 p.m. on Sun day, December 17 Young is a professor and chairman of the Art Department at Federal City College ia "Wash ington. He is a native of New York and was educated in the New York public schools. He obtained his B.S. degree at ELECTED §m '?/■ & / BK t CARY ELECTED: The 33-W nomination National Council of Churches elected New York minister, W. Sterling Cary as its president, the first black to hold dent of the National Tenants' Organization, who advocated adoption of the proposal. Among the concepts sub mitted in the proposal by the NCCU group were provisions that would permit tenants to vacate premises found to be un inhibitable or allow them to use rent money for repair. Th way the present law is written, tenants who vacate premises without the landlord's permis sion may still be liable for rent. Other provisions would re quire landlords to supply rea- Continued on page 3A rights and civil rights, one res pondent commented: "I came to admire Mrs. Chisholm even more after hearing her campaign for the Presidency among the male candidates. I like the way she is willing to stick her neck out to bring about improve ments in our social structure." The awareness of Rep. Chis helm's role in Congress and her candidacy for President has put her in the foreground as a wo man's leader in the political field. She made a strong show ing in last year's poll, but did not make the tcp ten. This year, in her tie for ninth place Rep. Chisholm has, indeed, joined the top rank of the most admired. The winners in the maga zine poll were: (1) Patricia Nix on; (2) POW wives - including Mrs. Norris Charles, whose POW husband Lt. Charles was re cently released from North Viet nam after a nine month impri sonment; (3) Rose Kennedy; (4) Premier Golda Meir; (5) Writer Pearl Buck; (6) Mamie Eisenhower; (7) Actress Patri- Continued on page 3A Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; MJ\. in Art from New York University, and has done fur ther study in his field at Ca tholic University of America. His paintings have been widely exhibited throughout the U.S. and they can be found in nu merous private and public col lections. Young is the husband of Elizabeth "Betty" Bell YOung, formerly of Durham and son in-law of J.H. Bell of Dunbar Street. UM high ecumenical post in the NCC's history. Cary is a Dis trict Ministerial Executive for Greater New York City of the United Church of Christ. €W Car^lgCimcg 1 Tr ' m m m ft " v-r' M NEWARK: Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson (right) announced Saturday the appointment of Lt. Edward L. Kerr, 48, to suc Honest Investigation is Asked In Panltier House Explosion MEMPHIS, TENN. -- People in the black community here, along with white supporters, are demanding an "honest in vestigation" of an explosion that demolished a house occu pied by members of the Ten nessee Black Panther Party The explosion occurred in mid-November. A Black Pan ther member, Brenda Henry, and two infants were in the house, and observers said it seemed a miracle that they es caped injury. A fire following the explosion destroyed cloth ing and furniture and other Panther property. Memphis Fire Department inspectators said they believed the explosion was caused by a faulty gas furnace. However, inspectors from the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Co., said the furnace could not have been the cause. Photographs show the furnace intact. However, nothing has been done by officials, and no word of the incident was reported in the local news media, except by two black-orientated radio sta tions. » The explosion came just a few weeks after a police raid on an intercommunal survival center set up by the Panthers. The center had been the scene of a community Survival Con- '1776' Contest Open to Young Journalists Thousands of classrooms throughout the United States will stop the presses to bring out a "1776" extra edition of their local newspapers as part of a unique 'Front Page' contest sponsored by Colum bia Pictures in conjunctions with the national release of the film, "1776." The contest,, in which stu dents will create a front -page of their local newspaper as it might have appeared on July 5, 1776, reporting the actions of the Continental Congress in declaring indepence from Great Britain, has, as of De cember 12, received entry re quests from schools in 27 state. ® Grand prize in the contest will be a special preview per formance of the Jack L.War ner Production for Columbia Pictures at a local theatre. The prize will be awarded in three catagories: Primary School, Intermediate School and High School. In an unusual move, stu dent journalists will not be required to recreate an old time version of their local paper; rather, the rules make allowances for modern jour nalistic "techniques. In mak ing their newspaper dummy, students are being advised Continued on page 3A DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1972 ceed John Redden as police di rector of New Jersey's largest city, effective January Ist. ference that brought aid to over 2,000 families in th form of food, shoes, and clothing and 800 free Sickle Cell Anemia tests Two Panthers were arrested dur ing the raid on charges that were later dropped. The Panthers asked the peo ple outside Memphis to joip in demanding an investigation Of the explosion by Bob Clement, Commissioner of Public Works, 125 N. Main St., Memphis, Tn.' Flattery Plunges TORONTO v - When Shelagh Gilbey got an authen tic-looking letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau she was "flattered," but she was "shotrdown" moments lat er when she found it was ad dressed to Mr. S. A. Gilbey and the salutation read: "Dear Sir." Black Draft Resister Calls the System "Mad And Unjutf" TEXARKANA, Tex.—Wal tre Collins, New Orleans black draft resister, was re leased from federal prison here December 6 exactly one month later than his ori ginal parole date. He had served two years of five five-year sentences for refusing to be drafted, and his case became the focal point for a campaign against racism and the draft. His release was delayed a month because Collins re fused to cooperate with the parole system. He described it as "mad and unjust" and a "state between absolute slav crv and serfdom." An impasse came when he refused to sign the following statement on the certificate listing his conditions of pa role: "I have read, or had read to mc, the foregoing condi tions of piarole. I fully under stand them and know that if I violate them, 1 may be re committed. I also understand that special conditions may be added or modifications of any condition may be made by the board of parole at any time " Collins said: "The implied and stated conditions of this certificate are essentially re pressive, mostly absurd, and probably illegal. My signature on the certificate could be construed as sanction for the madness and unjust restric tions that fall to a prisoner released on parole." lie pointed out that paroled prisoners are often subjected to petty harassment and arc sent back to prison at the whim of officials. Collins agreed to sign the certificate only after James R. Pace, the Parole Executive in Washington, sent a letter to his attorney stating in writing that Collin's signa ture on the certificate only meant he had read the state- WILEY QUITS NWRO TO FORM NEW POOR GROUP The head of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), Dr. George Wiley, announced here today that he is leaving the 7 year old group to start a new "broader based" organization of poor people. Wiley, who nas been Execu tive Director of the group since it was founded, said that he was leaving to "forge a new move ment for economic justice which will include welfare re cipients, the working poor, the poor, the aged and sympathe tic members of the middle class." "For several years," said Wil ey, "I have felt the need to broaden the welfare rights movement. Standing alone as they do now, welfare recipients are isolated and can be only marginally effective. Although two-thirds of the people in this country would directly benefit from the NWRO Adequate in come plan, only a small qiino rity has supported this plan. We must gain their support and get them involved if we are to be successful." According to Wiley, 41, his new Movement for Economic Justice would attempt to bring together divergent segments. of society which until now have been hostile toward welfare re cipients. By using issues such as tax reform and national health insurance, Wiley said that he "hopes to link up $5, 000 to $15,000 income range people with poor people on a c "|,Tion economic agenda." In the seven years that Wi ey has headed NWRO, the group has grown to over 800 locals, located in every state and U.S. posession, with a membership in excess of 200, 000 made up mostly of welfare mothers on Aid to Families ment, not that he either agreed to it or approved of "Thus, said Collins, I have not forfeited my rights to challenge the petty restric tions of parole in a court of law or present them in a fo rum of the people for their decision." He said that now that he is out of prison he will fight such restrictions not only for himselt but for the many other prisoners who are sub jected to repression while on parole. He called attention especi ally to the cases of Fred Bell and Ernie McMillan, both of Dallas, who were due for re lease on parole from the fed eral penitentiary in Leaven worth, Kansas, on December 11. - Bell and McMillan are both black and both were hounded to jail as aresult of activities in organizing a boycott of an absentee-owned business in the black community of Dal las. Bell Was imprisoned on an armed robbery charge that has been widely condemned as a frame-uD. McMillan was sent to prison on a charge ol refusing the draft. Breakthrough Gets Annual Fund Gift Operation Breakthrough, Inc. received notice of appro* vul of its annual grant pro posal as announced by Wil liam "Sonny" Walker, OEO Hcgional Director of Region IV. Governor Robert Scott has approved the grant. The funding level on a yearly basis is $657,000, but Continued on page 3A with Dependent Children (AF DC). Only 3-million of the esti mated 50-million poor people in this country are welfare mo thers. And there are another 70-million in the $5,000 to sls 000 income range. All these people, not just welfare mo thers, "Wiley said, "have a stake in tax reform, health care PHYSICISTS HONORED p? v • IF M firr W * *11: 1f 4 S :• *Wi>, * M - JHK9KT WP B «WA H - ■■ i i Wa -'Vp^ JBhk JB jffjfSa^B ■ ■! Three Pioneer B Cited By Colleagues NASHVILLE - Three pio neer black physicists were ho nored by 40 of their colleagues at the first National Physics Fellows Award Nanquet spon sored by the Community of Black Physicists on Saturday at Fisk University. Drs. Halson V. Eagleson of Howard University, Washington, D.C„ Donald A. Edwards of North Carolina A. & T. Univer sity, Greensboro, and John M. Hunter of Virginia State Col lege, Petersburg, received the awards. In welcoming the newly formed Community of Black Physicists to the campus, Fisk President and Professor of Physics Dr. James R. Lawson said, "It is heartwarming to see so many respond to the call. I have a real belief," he con tinued, "that it will be possible for this group to have a posi tive influence onlhe actual exis tence of black colleges today." Prior to the presentation of QUADRUPLETS I y>&M H * , fH X & g v I M ; ' fl I { - Ml- /I iw flnl "~^ P ■■«■»».■ :->&x:-.ymr. fIW DENVER: Proud parents Mr. & Ma. Wilbur Tarter tftow photographs of their quads MW NEW YEAR and adequate income. We must have with those issues that link people not divide them and soon they will see other things that they have in common with each other." NWRO has been credited with the defeat, during the closing days of the 93rd Con gress of President Nixon's wel fare plan. In the spring of this the citations, Dr. Warren E. Henry of Howard University pointed out that only 60 of the nation's 17,000 physicists are black. "The best way to honor these three men who have NEA Honors Mrs. Elizabeth D. Koontz at Leaving Labor Post WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mrs. Elizabeth D. Koontz, director of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor was ho nored by the National Educa tion Association here last week for four years of outstanding wervice to the advancement of Women's Rights in America. President Nixon has accep ted Mrs. Koontz' resignation from her Labor Department post. Mrs. Koontz, a former NEA president, has not an nounced her plans for the fu- which WWW bora at Dnmr General Hospital 12/7. The Tarver quads are yet unnamed. PUCE; U LIN IB year, NWRO was the major spon sor of the Children's March for Survival. The march brought nearly 50,000 people to the nation's capitol to protest Preai dent Nixon's welfare plan and his cuts in social services to | children. During the Democratic Con vention this past summer, NW Continued on page 3A contributed a positive physics perspective to more than 90 per cent of those 60," Henry declared, "is to continue ther dedication and encouragement Continued on pagj* 3A ture. The reception at NEA head quarters will be hasted by Mrs. Catharine Barrett, current NEA president. Acting Executive Sec retary Allan West, and the 10- member NEA Executive Com mittee representing the Associa tion.'s membership. Mrs. Koontz was president of the 1.2 million-member NEA in 1968-69 before being ap pointed Women's Bureau Direc tor by President Nixon in 19- Continued on page 3A Mn. KhafceO Tamr has 4 o ther children.